president barack obama said we were wrong. the fact is we were wrong. >> what did mandela think about the united states? >> had high hopes for america and had high regard for america. one of the first places he came when he was freed was america, because the fact is demonstrations here, since led by randall robertson and eleanor holmes norton and maxine waters, for a year we demonstrated every day, going to jail to protest. the u.s. congress declared sanctions on south africa and apartheid. i met with mrs. thatcher, britain would not go that far. so he knew the big lever to change the course was america. he came and expressed an appreciation in tours over and over again. he had high regard and high hopes for america. >> young people both here and in south africa, sadly, will know of mandela only from history books. what is it your wish that they be told about him? >> well, he was a persecuted political prisoner, he was tough, he tried nonviolent demonstration. that met with massacres. he tried the legal route. that was met wit